phase1 nounphase2 verb
phasephase1 /feɪz/ ●●○ W2 AWL noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINphase1
Origin:
1800-1900 Modern Latin phasis, from Greek, ‘appearance of a star, phase of the moon’, from phanein ‘to show, appear’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- As the war enters its final phase, the UN will probably consider lifting sanctions.
- I'd like to discuss the production phase at this morning's meeting.
- The first phase of renovations should be finished by next January.
- The initial phase of the project should take about three months.
- There are three phases in the lifecycle of a butterfly.
- Figure 5.13 shows the apparatus used by Lawrence in each phase of his study.
- Just two examples are given in Fig. 10.3: for e + and e x when the phase is zero.
- Keep careful records on persons who participated in each phase, rather than lumping all the participants together.
- The nation was believed to have fallen into a phase of cataclysmic evil.
- Thus, without any change in the composition across the boundary, the phase change produces a temporarily layered mantle.
- What determines the equilibrium between phases?
THESAURUS
one of several parts of a long process, which happen one after another: · At this stage of the election campaign, it is impossible to predict who will win.· She is still in the early stages of pregnancy.· Piaget famously divided childhood into four separate stages.· the opening stages of the race
one of the parts of a process that you have to do or deal with in order to go on to the next one: · The first step is to make a list of what you need.· What’s the next step?· You have to do this one step at a time.
one of the clearly separate stages of a process or activity, during which a type of activity takes place that is different from those in other phases: · the initial phase of the campaign· They were now entering the final phase of their journey.
one of the parts that an event or activity is divided into, especially talks or a sports competition: · the first round of the negotiations· the final round of the competition· The next round of the trade talks will be held in Geneva.
a specific time or moment during the course of something: · What do you really want at this point in your life?· By this point they were starting to feel more confident.
Longman Language Activatorone of the parts of a process · Organizing the party was easy, the hardest part was getting my parents to agree to it.part of · Which part of your job do you enjoy most?· She spent the early part of her life in Barcelona.· Part of the research program involved interviewing teenagers in inner-city areas.
British spoken a part of an activity, plan, or job: · Alan did the easy bit -- it was me who did all the hard work!bit of: · I'll probably do a bit of gardening this weekend.
one of several parts of a long process, which happen one after another: · Dan has never gone through a rebellious stage.stage of: · Many women feel depressed during the early stages of pregnancy.stage in: · We saw a video showing the second stage in the development of a human embryo.at this stage (=now): · At this stage of the election campaign, it is impossible to say who will win.reach/be at/get to the stage (=to be at a particular part of a process): · We reached the stage where we'd given up any hopes of seeing our daughter alive.· 'How's your dissertation coming on?' 'I'm at the writing-up stage.'
one of the parts of a process that you have to do or deal with in order to go on to the next one: · The next step will be to make the pasta sauce.· The first step towards achieving peace in the region will be to elect a government that represents all the people.one step at a time (=used to say that you should deal with one part of a process thoroughly before worrying about the next one): · The doctors say I'll make a full recovery, but I'm going to have to take it one step at a time.
a separate part in the development or growth of something: · I'd like to discuss the production phase at this morning's meeting.phase in: · There are three phases in the lifecycle of a butterfly.initial/primary/first phase (=the first part): · The initial phase of the project should take about three months.final/last phase (=the last part): · As the war enters its final phase, the UN will probably consider lifting sanctions.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
It’s just a phase he’s going through.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the initial stages of the disease
It’s just a phase he’s going through.· the recovery phase of the economic cycle
the initial stages of the disease· The first phase of the project was due to be completed by the end of 2008.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Similarly, there are mild disturbances only of acute phase reactants in chronic viral hepatitis.· Compounds containing aspirin or acetaminophen with or without codeine and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are useful for pain control during the acute phase.· The acute phase response also involves changes in the plasma concentrations of a number of liver synthesised proteins.
· There is no doubt that they played a major part in maintaining interest in abolition and emancipation through different phases of antislavery.· With a few proteins, however, this process moves into a different phase.· Over the last ten years I've gone through different phases and characters.· Even while the system remains capitalist it may at different phases be dominated by differently organized social and economic structures.· Tandem columns can enhance efficiency by increasing plate numbers or enhance selectivity by connecting different stationary phases.· The Women's Movement in Ireland has gone through a number of different phases.· But there are then crucially different phases of commodity production.· Sleep could be divided into a number of different phases which recurred at regular intervals throughout the night.
· During the early phase of reintroductions patients continued with elemental diet as a nutritional supplement.· Try to recycle or recapitulate earlier program phases.· Deformation is complex: there are at least two early phases of deformation.· Inhibitors of prostaglandins also inhibit the increased platelet aggregation, which is present in the early phases of migraine.· There is then a qualitative change from earlier socio-cultural relations, even within the earlier market phases.· This situation often characterizes the early phases of an organization's history.· In the earlier phase the coin is concentrated in Kent, but later they have a more widespread distribution.· The creation of these two kingdoms seems quite anomalous at the earlier conquest phase, as has hitherto been assumed.
· Castlemore is still working up proposals for the final phase of the scheme, which involves building a leisure centre.· Halle Development Inc. Final phase of the approval process to build 212 town houses on 25.82 acres.· The third and final phase was different again.· Cherrywood Development. Final phase of the approval process to build 28 single-family homes on 14.18 acres.· The client is also understood to be working up proposals for the final phase of the project to build a leisure centre.· He felt her lift up to him as they started the final phase of their journey.· His design was one of six considered by two juries in the final phase of a two-stage competition.
· In each case, I believe that the initial phase of the exercise is similar.· They are known to counteract both the vasoconstriction and the enhanced platelet aggregation present in the initial phase of migraine.· During the initial phase, newly formed mast cell components such as histamine, serotonin, prostaglandins, and leukotrienes may be released.· Occasionally, some one will have the initial focal phase of migraine, followed by minimal or no headache.· The above described procedure attempts to match the initial phase of contemporary paper based bill of lading issuance.· However, parameters for them for individual writers could be extracted from an initial training phase for a script recognition system.· The initial design phase for a database to hold a lexicon of stratigraphical terms is almost complete.
· But then it is characteristic of this latest phase that the professional society is primarily a business organization.· But this latest phase has now also emboldened Bush to press forward with his agenda in strong, conservative strokes.· The Grand Hotel has just reopened after the latest phase of a £1m refurbishment scheme.· Most information about the later phases of the town has come from several late Roman inhumation cemeteries.· Thus the late phases of a market culture are very different from its early phases.· Developments in the creative and performing arts coincided with only a slightly later phase.· For the Gallery, this is just the latest phase in a process of rethinking itself with every generation.
· This line divides the pressure-temperature conditions for the liquid phase from those for the gaseous phase.· Ahuja broadly reviews liquid phase chiral separations.· Molecules of carbon dioxide in the solid phase are packed more closely than in the liquid phase.· Here too, surface coatings that modify interfacial properties are needed for more reliable operation in the liquid phase.· The molecules are consequently held back in the liquid phase and the vapour pressure is lower.· More particles in the liquid phase will thus have sufficient energy to escape into the vapour phase.
· Death, too, was not the end, but rather the beginning of a new phase of existence.· But the old guard in the leadership sends in the tanks and introduces a new phase of vicious repression.· At the same time, a new phase of activity began.· They overlapped but each new phase rapidly established dominance in the world of information technology.· In Fairfield and Visalia, managers constantly shift their resources to meet new needs and phase out obsolete activities.· Clearly post-industrial writers locate the dynamic of this new economic phase within the latest post-industrial sequence; it is an internal characteristic.· A new phase in the revolution was due to start on August 1.
· Solution or solid phase synthesis is welcomed, as are combinatorial approaches to organic synthesis.· In paper chromatography, the solid phase is paper on which the sample is placed directly.· In all cases the cloud consists of particles in the solid phase.· Molecules of carbon dioxide in the solid phase are packed more closely than in the liquid phase.
· The mobile phase flows continuously over the stationary phase and as it does so separates the components on the stationary phase.· Chromatographic methods always involve a stationary phase and a moving phase.· The mobile phase flows continuously over the stationary phase and as it does so separates the components on the stationary phase.· Separation of the components on or in the stationary phase by a continuous flow of the mobile phase.· A component with a small value for D remains largely adsorbed on the stationary phase.· As the moving phase passes over it, this component moves slowly along the stationary phase.· Successive quant ties of solvent are added to ensure the solvent level remains above the stationary phase.
NOUN· Prosecutors will present a shorter lineup during the penalty phase, Jacobs said.· The women testified as prosecution witnesses in the penalty phase of his murder trial.· During the penalty phase, testimony is often heard from victims and their relatives.· The seven-man, five-woman jury that convicted McVeigh on all counts last week is now in the penalty phase of the trial.
· Above this frequency, the attenuation ceases to be negligible and the phase shift ceases to be sufficiently proportional to frequency.· At high-enough frequencies to satisfy, there is virtually 100% transmission and negligible phase shift.· Inevitably, filtering action is accompanied by a frequency-dependent phase shift.· What is more, should a component be varied to alter the phase shift, the attenuation also changes.· Many practical situations require the introduction of a variable phase shift, ideally with no attenuation but at least with fixed attenuation.
· Then chaotic behaviour recurs, with the phase space trajectories being initially confined to bands and subsequently filling a whole region.· Let us see how physical determinism is to be interpreted in terms of phase space.· Do regions in phase space tend to spread with time or do they not?· Hilbert space Recall that in Chapter 5 the concept of phase space was introduced for the description of a classical system.· This spreading effect in phase space has another remarkable implication.· Thus, the trick is not even to try even in the case of the phase space for a single particle.· First, we should bear in mind what a single point Q of phase space actually represents.· However, having survived our encounter with phase space, we should have no trouble with a mere four dimensions!
VERB· If the council backs the project tonight, Westshore would begin the first phase of the project while applying to the state.
· Did you feel that you'd completed a phase?· Novak said the nearly completed second phase, with another 100 units, has been 30 percent pre-leased.· It told the government in its letter it would complete both phases of the project by December 2000.· The work will be completed in several phases between now and 2005, with the next major timetable change scheduled for 2001.· Sixteen houses have been completed in the first phase of a re-development scheme which will eventually remove all the 1960s-built flats.· The project will be completed in two phases, one later this year and the other in January, 1994.· The rest of the network will be completed in phases over the next two years.
· If the originator chooses to proceed, he or she enters the next phase, referred to as initial screening.· He began a passionate romance with the social sciences, which were then entering an avant-garde phase.· As the war enters its next phase, it is ever more plainly his war.· A young titan enters the decisive phase of his life when he resolves on marriage and career.· Thus the endless cycle of reform, repression and violent response may be about to enter a new phase.· Groceries in hand, I crossed the threshold and moved into the entering phase of breaking and entering.· As a consequence we seem to have entered a strongly conservative phase with an unmistakable emphasis on consumer rights.· And so the courtship enters a second phase.
· Once the Mob has moved it may still move in the movement phase, shoot and fight just as normal.· Groceries in hand, I crossed the threshold and moved into the entering phase of breaking and entering.· Chromatographic methods always involve a stationary phase and a moving phase.· The moving phase is any suitable solvent which travels along the paper by capillary action.· With a few proteins, however, this process moves into a different phase.· The moving phase is a gaS which passes through the column.· The Moon moves through three distinct phases.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1one of the stages of a process of development or change: - But his self-image had become so out of phase with reality that he wanted to shoot his own leg.
- Stephen Legate looked out of phase in the unison tableaux.
- We were out of phase with the usual nighttime crowd.
- But more local biotechs than ever have products in phase three tests, the last stage before approval.
- Consequently the standard formula for the objective row in Phase I applies.
- Do regions in phase space tend to spread with time or do they not?
- However, we shall be principally interested in phase equilibria involving homogeneous mixtures-that is solutions.
- The dime stores will close in phases by September 1998.
- The first two months was a run in phase during which patients remained on their usual insulin.
- This spreading effect in phase space has another remarkable implication.
- We are pleased to see that Construction, which did not feature in Phase 1, is strongly represented at 11%.
a new drug that is in the experimental phasephase of The first phase of renovations should be finished by January.in phases The work will be carried out in phases. It’s just a phase he’s going through.2out of phase (with something) British English not happening together in the right way: Nizan’s views were out of phase with the political climate of the time.3in phase (with something) British English happening together in the right way: The electrical work will be carried out in phase with the other renovations.4 technical one of a fixed number of changes in the appearance of the Moon or a planet when it is seen from the Earthphase1 nounphase2 verb
phasephase2 AWL verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
phase
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | phase |
| he, she, it | phases | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | phased |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have phased |
| he, she, it | has phased | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had phased |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will phase |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have phased |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am phasing |
| he, she, it | is phasing | |
| you, we, they | are phasing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was phasing |
| you, we, they | were phasing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been phasing |
| he, she, it | has been phasing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been phasing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be phasing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been phasing |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Decide in advance that when they take place, you will not be phased.
- In the United State, use of leaded gasoline was phased out on Jan. 1.
- Most of the measures will be phased in over a year.
- Sampling might also involve time phasing as in attempting to detect opinion trends leading up to a general election.
- The central bank said it would stop supporting the rouble and promised that cheap credits to moribund industries will be phased out.
- The Government has also rejected calls for older Magnox nuclear power stations to be phased out to support a higher coal burn.
- The required reductions in discharges are to be phased in over four years.
Longman Language Activatorto officially start a new system, method, rule etc
to officially start a new system, method, or rule for the first time: · The company is thinking of introducing medical tests for all employees.· New safety measures will be introduced next month.· The city authorities are bringing in new parking regulations next month.
to introduce a new law or rule gradually, over a fairly long period of time: · The new technology will be phased in over a five year period.· In an attempt to reduce opposition to its tax reforms, the government plans to phase them in gradually.
if a new law or system comes into effect or comes into operation , it starts to be used officially: · The new law came into effect in 1991.· Eventually a ban on the sale of fireworks to children came into operation.
to end the use of a system, service, or organization to gradually end the use of a system, product, or service: phase out something: · Ministers agreed to phase out the old voting system within two years.· Older prisons will be phased out over the next few years.phase something out: · The committee acknowledged that these chemicals are highly dangerous, and agreed to phase them out gradually.
to stop providing something that has been available or provided regularly over a period of time: · Doctors decided to discontinue the treatment when it became clear that the boy had no chance of recovering.· If fewer than ten students sign up, the course will be discontinued.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the initial stages of the disease
to make something happen gradually in a planned way: · the recovery phase of the economic cycle
the initial stages of the disease· The first phase of the project was due to be completed by the end of 2008.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· This covers 90 per cent of their respective exports and will be be phased in over 10 years.· The additional contributions would be phased in over three years, for a total increase of. 5 percent.· They argued that the scheme could be phased in over 15 years.· The new requirements were set in 1992, but they are being phased in over a 16-year period that began in 1994.· The required reductions in discharges are to be phased in over four years.· The break will be phased in over five years for all manufacturers.· The tax will be phased in over a three-year period from July 1994.· Most of the measures will be phased in over a year.
· The special cards are expected to be phased out once the long-anticipated economic reforms begin.· In time, the offending word was phased out of usage.· The company is uncertain whether it will phase out its current T805-based GigaCubes just yet.· The state of Minnesota offered such benefits, but the program was phased out in 1998.· Over the next few years, all farm support was phased out.· Also affected are the income limits for phasing out benefits of personal exemptions and certain itemized deductions.· The 1978-9 Labour government tried to phase out these beds, but under the 1980 Health Service Act they were extended.· The contract would have phased out the 1993 tax increases over three years. -- Increasing the Social Security earnings limit.
NOUN· This covers 90 per cent of their respective exports and will be be phased in over 10 years.· The additional contributions would be phased in over three years, for a total increase of. 5 percent.· They argued that the scheme could be phased in over 15 years.· The break will be phased in over five years for all manufacturers.· The required reductions in discharges are to be phased in over four years.
The closure of the regional offices was phased over an 18-month period. a phased withdrawal of military forcesphase something ↔ in phrasal verb to gradually start using a new system, law, process etc: The new tests will be phased in over the next two years.phase something ↔ out phrasal verb to gradually stop using or providing something: The subsidy for company cars is to be phased out next year.GRAMMAR Phase (in/out) is usually passive.